Terms Used In Iowa Code 421.10

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
 The appeal period for revision of assessment of tax, interest, and penalties set out under section 422.28, 423.37, 437A.9, 437A.22, 437B.5, 437B.18, 452A.64, 453A.29, or 453A.46 applies to appeals to notices from the department denying changes in filing methods, denying refund claims, and denying portions of refund claims for the tax covered by that section, and notices of any department action directed to a specific taxpayer, other than licensing, which involves a calculation.